Anita Rani
Anita Rani Nazran, better known as Anita Rani, is a British radio and television presenter. She was born and brought up in Bradford, West Yorkshire, to a Hindu father and a Sikh mother. In an episode of Who Do You Think You Are? first broadcast on 1 October 2015 on BBC One, Rani investigated the history of her maternal grandfather Sant Singh.
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Anita Rani Nazran, better known as Anita Rani, is a British radio and television presenter. Rani was born and brought up in Bradford, West Yorkshire, to a Hindu father and a Sikh mother. In an episode of Who Do You Think You Are? first broadcast on 1 October 2015 on BBC One, Rani investigated the history of her maternal grandfather Sant Singh. Her maternal grandfather was born into a Hindu Taggar family, but converted to Sikhism as a young man in accordance with a custom prevalent at the time. He continued to serve in the Indian Army after Indian independence, retiring as a subedar in 1970.
She was nominated as Best On Screen Personality at the Royal Television Society Midlands awards in 2005. In 2012, she took part in BBC’s Great Sport Relief Bake Off, winning the competition. In 2013, she co-presented the unique live broadcast project Airport Live from Heathrow Airport. In April 2014, she was one of the presenters of BBC Two’s Escape to the Continent. Since 2015, she has co-hosted BBC’s Countryfile. In 2016, she presented the three-part series New York: America’s Busiest City.
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